Fat Studies: Media Pump Up Coverage
The Daily Beast asks: “A handful of colleges now offer classes entirely devoted to the overweight and obese. But are they intellectually topical—or just feel-good, pro-fat propaganda?” Gee, let’s apply that same question to Middle Eastern Studies: Are they intellectually topical — or just feel-good, pro-Arab propaganda? Or to gender studies: Are they intellectually topical — or just feel-good, pro-feminist propaganda? The way that mainstream media frame stories can be ridiculous.
